Pakistan cancelled all celebrations of its Independence day, being observed on August 14, over the worst floods that has claimed over a thousand lives in the country, officials said today.

Pakistan cancelled all celebrations of its Independence day, being observed on August 14, over the worst floods that has claimed over a thousand lives in the country, officials said on Friday.

President Asif Ali Zardari has cancelled August 14 function at Presidency and will spend the day in the northwest Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and eastern Punjab provinces, presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.